Sterkfontein Caves


Hasi kure neGoli kune chimwe chinhu chinokwezva South African Republic - ma Caves of Sterkfonteyn. Iko mahofisi matanhatu ari pasi pevhu.

Zvakakodzera kutaura kuti nhasi vanozivikanwa seimwe yenzvimbo dzinonyanya kuzivikanwa pasi pano.

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Munenge mamiriyoni makumi maviri nemakumi matatu akapfuura, pakureba mamita makumi mashanu kubva pasi, mapanga ekutanga eSterkfontei akatanga kuumba. Munguva iyi yese nguva, stalactites, maberere, mbiru uye stalagmites zvakagadzirwa mumatumba avo nenzira inoshamisa. Zvose izvi zvakafanana neumambo hwepasi hwemhepo. Nenzira, yakaumbwa semugumisiro wekuti dolomite, iyo yakaumba dombo, yakagumburwa pasi pesimba remvura pasi, iyo yaisanganisira calcium carbonate.

Kuongorora mapurisa ose, mune rimwe rawo unogona kuona gungwa, iro vagari vomuGoli vanoshandiswa mukurapa. Kana zviri zviyero zvaro, urefu hwakareba mamita 150, uye upamhi huri maminita makumi matatu.

Mumapako akawanikwa mazana mashanu emakungu evanhu vekare, masaga zviuru zvezviuru zvemhuka, 9 zviuru zvekare mabhuku ekushanda uye mazana matatu ematanda ematanda. Iye zvino vari mu Museum of Paleontology uye museum weDr. Broome, iri muGoli .

Asi iyo inoshamisa zvikuru uye iyo yakakwevera kutarisa kwevashanyi kubva kumativi ose enyika kusvika kune zvisikwa, ndiyo yekutsvaga kwakasiyana-siyana kwevana anthropologists vanobva kuSouth Africa . Saka, munguva pfupi yapfuura phalanx yemunwe, dzino dzino uye mapfupa maviri akawanikwa. Vanochera matongo vakaratidza kuti izvi zvinowanikwa ndezvemurume akararama makore maviri emakore akapfuura.

Uye nyanzvi dzinobva kuYunivhesiti yeWutwatersrand dzakataura izvi sezvinotevera: "Izvi zvinowanikwa zvinokonzera mibvunzo yakawanda inonetsa kupindura. Mabhesi akaenzana, kutanga kune ose, necheti yezvisizvo zvisingazivikanwi. Maererano neino rinowanikwa, raive remupiriri wekare wenhengo yeHomo, inogona kunge iri "habilis" kana Homo nedidi (yakasara yekutanga yakawanikwa muna 2013 muSouth Africa mubako "Rising Star", iyo "Cradle of Mankind").

Zvakakodzera kuti titaure kuti zvisikwa zvekutanga zvevanhu vekare zvakawanikwa muna 1936 nemukurumbira Dr. Robert Broome.

Nzira yekuenda seiko?

Makomba eSterkfontein ari 50 km kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweGoli , muruwa rweGauteng. Iwe unogona kusvika pano nekutakura kwevanhu (№31, 8, 9). Nguva yekufambisa inenge 1 awa. Mutengo wacho ndeye $ 5.